passive-dependent personality

passive-dependent personality
/pas"iv di pen"deuhnt/, Psychiatry.
a personality disorder characterized by a lack of self-confidence and self-reliance and consequent surrender to and dependence on others to take responsibility for major areas of one's life.
[1965-70]

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